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1700. Since that time, it has become the of ficial measurement syssem for mest counties world. The United States, however, remains a rare exce fal" beat antiquated and far mor e comphcated English system that ueh better than the Englisth for most countries of the color like the foen, the gallon, and the degree Fahrenheit. Is the metric system r eally so system? Are there sufficient and compelling reasons for the Unised States to changs In this activity, which you will do lar gely at home, you will explor e the etric compare it to the English sysiem. You can then judge for yourself, if the metric sysiem is indee a superior system and if you believe that our countr y should "go metrie. "You knowledge and skills you will acquir e to successfully complete all of the you will do in this laboratory during this semester will also use the measuring activities The Basics Actually, the first step in learning the metric lenow the fundamentals. The the thousand dollar bill-the kilodollar," the hundred dollar bill, the ten dolar bill, the one do- adding to these the imaginary system comes with the r ealization that you already United States monetary system is essentially metric (if you use only dime, the cent, and the now-abandoned unit of curr ency known as the "mill,and "microdollar"). So, if you can make change. you can do metric Study the following table United States Currency Basic Unit 1000.00 100.00 10.00 1.00 o.10 0.01 0.001 0.0001 .00001 0.000001 kilo-- dollar dime centl micto dollar dollar" TO Change to a Larger Unite= To Change to a Smaller Unit-, What does $1.00 actually mean? What does $1.90 mean? Now change: $1.90 $1.90 $1.90 19.0 dimes 19.0 dimes -dimes cents -mills _dollar cents 2· Lab Activity 1

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basic unite united stats cussen 1.90 lorodime3 makes 1 aoela 1.90 1g0 dimes makus 1dlime 10 mills 19: O climes-→1900 190.0 cents → . $ o.19-d 110 . O cents →-1900,mills mnl

olollai t agea unit io smaler unit moue e kilo → 96.0 cents.フ 0.000096 kilo clouans